| Am | |
| My life is a h | ouse |
| Bdim | |
| you crawl through the w | indow |
| E | Am | |
| slip | across the floor and into the reception | room |
| Am | Bdim | |
| you enter the p | lace of endless | persuasion |
| E | |
| like a | knock on the door |
| Am | |
| when there's ten or more things to | do |
| C | F | Em | G | |
| Who is that cal | ling? |
| C | F | Em | G | |
| you my companio | n |
| C | F | E | |
| run to the wate | r on a b | urning b | each |
| Am | E | |
| and it | brings me r | elief |
| Pass through the walls |
| to find my intentions |
| circle 'round in a strange, hypnotic state |
| I look into space |
| there is no connection |
| a million points of light |
| and a conversation I can't face |
| Cast me off one day |
| to lose my inhibition |
| sit like a lap dog on a matron's knee |
| Am | E | Am | E | |
| wear the | nails on your f | eet |
| I woke up the house |
| stumbled in sideways |
| the lights went on and everybody screamed "Surprise!" |
| the savage review |
| it left me gasping |
| but it warms my heart to see that you can do it too |
| Total surrender |
| your touch is so tender |
| C | F | G | |
| your skin is like wat | er on a | burning b | each |
| C | F | Em | G | |
| and it brings me reli | ef |
| C | F | G | |
| Like a night in your | mind |
| it brings me relief |
| in the back door |
| under the stars |
| and the scenery is my floor |
| in the back room |
| under the stars |
| and the scenery is my floor |
| Bdim x2343x |
| (I actually prefer Bm7b5 because it's easier to finger: x2323x) |
| The C F Em G progression on the chorus can be substituted with |
| C C/F C/E G for an interesting-sounding variation. |
| C/F 132010 (just an open C with F as the root) |
| C/E 032010 (likewise, you include the low E) |
| Lyrics courtesy of Crowded House/Tongue in the Mail: |
| www.etext.org/Mailing.Lists/house |
| Ming Koh |
| mingk@vcd.hp.com |